Beaches (1987)
It's proposed Suffolk County, N.Y pay an initial cost of 54 mil. to put this back on Westhampton Beach
sand
If you're going against popular opinion, you're "swimming against" this; be careful!
the tide
This sport became an Olympic event in 1964; the beach version had to wait until 1996
beach volleyball
Don't put a beached whale or dolphin back in the water; keep it wet, cool & shaded & don't cover this nostril
the blowhole
The Queen Mary reigns over this Southern California city's miles of waterfront
Long Beach
The largest national seashore entirely in 1 state is this state's Padre Island
Texas
They still hold speed trials on the hard, white-sand beach in this Florida racing city
Daytona Beach
Wind causes them at the beach, but when you're "making" these, tumult follows
waves
Gold Beach was at the center of the 5 designated landing areas during this 1944 military operation
D-Day (or the invasion of Normandy)
Praia do Cassino, a 150-mile-long in this South American country is the world's longest beach
Brazil
You can get a nice cup of hot chocolate at the Sunrise Diner in this Florida city just south of Cape Canaveral
Cocoa Beach
You can swim at Mauna Kea Beach miles from the volcano on the Kihola Coast of this island
Hawaii (the big island)
Guide books now warn against swimming in the polluted water at this city's Copacabana Beach
Rio
Didn't use sunscreen? You could be described this way, a phrase using a color & a crustacean
red as a lobster
There's a Barbie doll based on this 1990s TV show about beautiful & fit lifeguards on L.A. County beaches
Baywatch
The red sand of Maui's Kaihalulu Beach is due to a high concentration of this metallic element
iron
Nevil Shute depicted a grim post-World War III world in this 1957 novel
On the Beach
Island where millions swim every summer at Jones Beach, a 2,413-acre state park
Long Island
It's why there's presently only 1 beach at Great Salt Lake Park
lake has risen so much
Brits call beach vacations a "bucket-&-" this shovel synonym holiday
spade
Sanibel Island on this U.S. state's west coast has great beaches to collect shells or just stroll the sand
Florida
Live sand dollars have velvety coats but lose them after death; the invertebrate shell, AKA this, washes ashore
the exoskeleton
This South Carolina golf & tourist mecca is named for flowering shrubs that abound there
Myrtle Beach
Panama City Beach isn't in Panama but on the Panhandle of this state
Florida
The name of this famous Venetian resort island means "beach" in Italian
Lido
This alliterative phrase that mentions the land closest to the sea means that it's safe to proceed & have a great time
the coast is clear
Making up the sand on most beaches is this compound, chemical formula SiO2, in the form of tiny crystals of the mineral quartz
silicon dioxide (or silica)
Waves can deposit sediment along the shore as terraced areas alliteratively called "beach" these
beach berms
The British 3rd Division was the tip of the Allied rapier piercing German defenses at this D-Day invasion zone
Sword Beach
Beaches on this New England state's 17 3/4 miles of coastline include Hampton Beach & Rye Beach
New Hampshire